From: TennRat@aol.com
Subject: Review

Hey...
I have been anxiously awaiting a review of the 11/29/95 show in 
Nashville, TN at Municipal Auditorium, but it has not appeared. I 
feel compelled to share at least my point of view of the show with 
the rest of the Phish net. 

Municipal Auditorium is average in size and circular in shape, so 
even the seat farthest from the stage still gives a good vantage 
point for the audience member seated in it. The atmosphere was good 
and the auditorium did not appear to be filled to capacity. As my 
friends and I waited for the show to begin, I noticed an usher 
telling someone to put out their cigarette because the venue is 
non-smoking and that the fire marshall was in the building that 
evening. As a non-smoker, I was thrilled at the thought of not 
being suffocated by smoke during the show, but equally amazed that 
this type of rule would be enforced at a Phish show (it wasn't 
completely enforced, but there was a lot less smoke than at other 
shows I have attended.) 

Finally the show began, the energy was average at first. They 
opened with AC/DC Bag and then into Ya Mar and I was subtly (sp?) 
moving with groove. Then into Reba and I was up and going! I was 
very psyched, not having heard Reba live since my first show. That 
was it for me, the rest of the show was tremendously high energy, 
not gonna stop dancing craziness.  They jammed into If I Could, 
It's Ice, Theme From the Bottom, Acoustic Army, a crazy Fee and 
then Split Open & Melt for the set closer. Finally some much needed 
rest and and refreshment.

The second set brought us Timber Ho!, an amazing Sparkle, Simple, 
and the best Possum I have ever heard live or on any tape. After 
completely losing it with Possum, I had to take a break and walk 
out to the corridor. When I came back, they were jamming on You 
Enjoy Myself and my husband pointed out a figure walking onto the 
stage carrying a banjo. A rush of excitement filled us as we looked 
closer to see who it was. It turned out to be Bela Fleck (from New 
Grass Revival and Bela Fleck and the Flecktones fame). I had died 
and gone to heaven. Bela jammed with them for the remainder of the 
second set, which gave us The Fog That Surrounds, Poor Heart, Blue 
& Lonesome Too (great with the added banjo), Long Journey Home, and 
Slave to the Traffic Light. Absolutely incredible. 

The encore was an especially appropriate topper for a truly 
complete evening as they performed a touching Day In The Life (I am 
a Beatles fan from way back.) A wonderful show, in my opinion!